Doc 40

In Europe they would seem to have fewer illusions. But meanwhile, back in the USA... THIS REALLY DESERVES TO BE READ BY EVERYONE In an uncha...

THEY DON’T MAKE IT EASY The following story comes from some girl who also supplied the Bush/Hitler graphic above... " The level of nico...

THIS CULTURE IS TAKING LEAVE OF ITS SENSES SO RAPIDLY, IT CAN MAKE A POOR BOY’S HEAD SPIN Did you hear about what’s going on in Maine? I got...

GLENN FORD -- RIP

TOUCHED AND AMAZED (But also aware that this will quickly get self-indulgent and boring, but this self revelation so prevents me from turnin...

Have a Futurista Tuesday, boys and girls! Is the secret word Distorted ?

"Farren will never quit. These human-alien hybrids are pathetic suckers for nicotine." BUT IN FACT I’M HANGING IN AND GETTING LOTS...

IF THE UTTERANCES GROW DISTORTED... Once again – and I hope for the very last time – I am wrestling with the cutting down and ultimate elimi...

I seem to be on an ursine kick this weekend, but also need an excuse to post this great graphic from Valerie... THE BEARS ARE PISSED! They’v...

ROBERT REDFORD WANTS YOU TO WATCH THIS VIDEO, AND SO DO I AND SO DO THE BEARS http://www.nrdcactionfund.org/redfordarctic/action.asp?step=2...

DOGGONE BUMMER Pluto is no longer a planet. After a tumultuous week of clashing over the essence of the cosmos, leading astronomers stripped...

" Don’t worry about the morning after, darling. The night before is going to be complicated enough ." FINALLY SOME REPRODUCTIVE GO...

THE ANNALS OF FLATULENCE I cannot help but wonder who organized yesterday’s cable news inundation of items about how George Bush totally ado...

FROM THE SUBMERGED TO THE RIDICULOUS After being creeped out all day by the absurd news debate about whether John Mark Karr (already he has ...

But isn’t the future itself by very definition a continuous and unstoppable revolution, and the only option it presents is to shape its temp...

SOME WEEKEND LINKS The blog of Donnel Alexander http://www.myspace.com/donnellalexander Political Dylan parody sent by 00Soul http://-paulhi...

OR DEATH?

INCORRECT? YEAH, BUT YOU GOTTA LAUGH Doug the Bass writes... OK, I have to admit it. "Politically correct" behavior and language h...

THE BULWER-LYTTON FICTION CONTEST (from Jude at Borderlands books in SF) The winners of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for 2006 have been...

SELF ADVERTIZING I discovered this glowing review of the 1996 Deviants studio CD cut in LA, and since, it’s a bit of a rare forgotten gem, ...

IS PLUTO A PLANET? (AND THEREFORE WHAT THE FUCK IS GOOFY?) Nearly 2,500 astronomers from 75 countries gathered in Prague Monday to come up ...

I am feeling a little unwell today. Mo better tommorow, I hopes. The secret word is Zygote

And right on schedule... FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR ...

GORE IS GREAT! A couple of weeks ago interviewed Gore Vidal -- one of my heroes -- and here’s the teaser... "[Bush and his cronies] are...

VAMPIRE SEA SPIDERS! Everyone knows we adore cute critters at Doc40, but these, drawn to our attention by HCB, seem pretty fucking extreme. ...

ARTHUR LEE -- RIP

EVIL DOG EATS ELVIS’ TEDDY The invaluable somegirl and also Valerie (welcome back) both sent versions of the following tale of horror... ...

YOU’RE JUST NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS! As many regular Doc40 visitors know our great and good friend Boss Goodman – former Deviants roadie, ...

THE BIGGEST GODDAMNED DAMNED BLOB IN THE UNIVERSE HCB sent over the following news report. There is no suggestion so far that it’s coming to...

RETRO DOGGONE I discovered the reflection linked below in the course of my web wanderings and found it touching and poignant. Or maybe I jus...

NOTE THE FABRIC On the left is Miss Israel, on the right in Miss Lebanon. They are at war. Yet the beauty pagents continue as the ...

"Okay so Farren will be out here pissing and moaning that’s it’s to hot to blog – or do anything else for that matter – and how there a...

HEAT? I CANNOT LIE TO YOU... So where have all the blogs been for almost a week? The answer is that it’s been too fucking hot (as 100F+ in s...

Need I comment?

MICK AND ANDY DO IT AGAIN Yes my friends, we’re doing it again. Mick Farren and Andy Colqhoun have not one, but two live performance outings...

MICKEY SPILLANE -- RIP

from... http://www.cheblogs.com/roller/page/njon/

THE BLOODY RED SUN OF BUSH’S NEW WORLD As the air-conditioner struggles in an overheated LA, I avoid the news. After a marginal recovery, th...

OPEN THE POD DOOR, HAL Regular readers will know that, over the last few month, we’ve more that once discussed The Singularity, that moment ...

SYD BARRETT -- RIP I'd write more only I feel like shit, cold, sore throat, who knows what? In other words Syd's dead and I ain'...

IT'S THE RAPTURE! RUN FOR YOUR FUCKING LIVES! and here's the theme from MrMR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P3qYmOWJCY&search=t...

BOOK SIGNING SATURDAY ANOTHER ADVERTISEMENT FOR MYSELF I’ll be signing copies of my new novel Conflagration (and anything else you care to ...

"We’ve got twenty-five hundred dead, people running all over the world doing stupid things, and officers asking, ‘What the hell is goin...

FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED As far as we both could tell, Andy and I acquitted ourselves quite excellently last week in our first alien blu...

BEEN REAL BUSY, BUT... But here’s a riff from the new LA CityBeat on the mob (as in lynch, not Tony Soprano) http://lacitybeat.com/article.p...

IS THIS ANY WAY TO START THE WEEK? I open the LA Times and read the following. It ain’t like it’s news. It’s just that, each time anyone tak...

Cartoon by Toth (sent by Valerie)

" Sweetie daring, of course I’ll be sober in time to go see Mick and Andy " (Graphic from Valerie) MORE DAMNED GIG ADVERTISING Jus...

I THOUGHT ISAAC ASIMOV HAD FIXED THIS YEARS AGO? The following report came from The Times of London via MSNBC " The race is on to keep ...

I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised with the emphasis put on sex robots especially in view of this graphic sent by Valerie.

I STILL HAVE A NEW BOOK OUT Here are a couple of reviews, and also a highly salient comment from our pal AlanB that decries the current publ...

THE BUNNY IS NOT IN THE BAND (Although he will be appearing at the same show) This coming Thursday (June 22nd ), and for the first time in a...